Table Contents:
Chapter 1: Instant Hacking: The Basics ................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: Lists and Tuples ................................................................................. 25
Chapter 3: Working with Strings ......................................................................... 45
Chapter 4: Dictionaries: When Indices Won’t Do ................................................. 59
Chapter 5: Conditionals, Loops, and Some Other Statements ............................. 71
Chapter 6: Abstraction ...................................................................................... 101
Chapter 7: More Abstraction ............................................................................. 129
Chapter 8: Exceptions ........................................................................................ 149
Chapter 9: Magic Methods, Properties, and Iterators ....................................... 163
Chapter 10: Batteries Included .......................................................................... 195
Chapter 11: Files and Stuff ................................................................................ 241
Chapter 12: Graphical User Interfaces .............................................................. 253
Chapter 13: Database Support ........................................................................... 261
Chapter 14: Network Programming ................................................................... 273
Chapter 15: Python and the Web ....................................................................... 289
Chapter 16: Testing, 1-2-3 ................................................................................. 307
Chapter 17: Extending Python ........................................................................... 321
Chapter 18: Packaging Your Programs .............................................................. 337
Chapter 19: Playful Programming ..................................................................... 343
Chapter 20: Project 1: Instant Markup .............................................................. 353
Chapter 21: Project 2: Painting a Pretty Picture ............................................... 373
Chapter 22: Project 3: XML for All Occasions .................................................... 383
Chapter 23: Project 4: In the News .................................................................... 397
Chapter 24: Project 5: A Virtual Tea Party ......................................................... 409
Chapter 25: Project 6: Remote Editing with CGI ................................................ 425
Chapter 26: Project 7: Your Own Bulletin Board ................................................ 435
Chapter 27: Project 8: File Sharing with XML-RPC ............................................ 451
Chapter 28: Project 9: File Sharing II—Now with GUI! ...................................... 467
Chapter 29: Project 10: Do-It-Yourself Arcade Game ........................................ 475
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